Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-18
FOlTIHG GAMBLING HE'LL.
Psker PIaysng on Trnns-
atIanfle sseamers.
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Of Trade.


last EFsd8y, eeDt lettef 70 Tue Londe1
Times protesting aRainst The wxy The
steamers smoking Foom was used dur.
fnQ She trip from Nsw York. They %.
aeribed Is - q gambling hefi7 aDd Z
SreaoFt 81 deooyeFa Of the enSagy.n
One lad, tie letter ssya. after losing al
kis money, tried 90 jump overheard.
The writeFs Of the letter were also dis
turboa e nights b. threats Of murder
ari1inR from gambling disp1tsa.
This Wlll occasion no surprise 70
oooan tragsisKs. Gard playing for money
IA populaK Rmusamens for men on q
voynas. TIE aamse most playea are
pokeF, vinQt -st-nns and Napoleon. The
stakes vary according 20 aafeement.
Ths Limit iaaanerslly half sovereign,
o. e160; b1l sometimes there is no
Iimib, and lafRe snma are won and lost
Every vessel carries numbers Of men
Who are travelling alone. They are buy
ors for Wholesale houses. actors and
profemie1al men Of on vacation
ThsEs are also plenty Of ministers. but
they ahun lbe smokine-Foom. u does
NOT taxa long 70 strike up 40 acqunint-
aaos on board ship. and By tie third
aav the card room i 6lIed With uaan on
TIE very best Of terms, bat Who have
newer known cash other bsfsrs they
Elnet thers This chance Of easy intro
dnottons has nos been ovefiooked By
them spend The greater part Of eaoh
summer travelling between NeW York
ana Liverpool. They assume al a0Ets
81 dinzuissa, and work singly or 10
pairA II ainRiy, they depend upon
thsIf superior skill 70 make them win
ness. Eleieht Of hand may be useful
nov and then. bat - 9 rule theFe sfs
700 many persons looking on 10 make
that 9 safe venture. Working With q
eonfsdsEate Il tue mosi pFsasabis way
Of ell. A member Of The Union Clab
spaakine Of this last evening. said:
Last SIMMER ! took Q run over n
EuFope and bad q RoDd opportunity oi
learning how gambling confedeFatel
work soasther. One Of the passenesrI
vas Q uell-dreased young man, VII
aaid be vas g member Of the Board d
Tfnda Of Chicago. There were ethe
Chicago people on beard, aud they dix
net know Of him, bat be talked % alibl]
Of yell known chicago business men
ana Wss such . good feliev eeneFall'
thnt everyone thought that be vas al
right. he was soon on good terms viii
everybody, wish . single excapiton
This Waa q middle-aeod doctor fror
some Western city. ! never learns
what their quarrel vas about, bat the
sever spoke, and eyed each other Wit
great coldnees. The Chicago man va
always ready for any game OF cards, an
when be lest everybody knsW q. as
talked 90 much about Il. / noticed al
lsr time thai bis losinaa were only |
small games, and when the stakes weE
high be generally won.
The doctor never played. He al
NOT approve OF gambling, bat be like
% Iook on. 90 The third or fourth IA
cot be vas standing behind the broker
chair, when the latter thfew down b
cards and angrily Jumped 10 his fee
and, addressing tbs doctor, asked biz
nOs e lock over, &c 70 made him nervOs
and brought him bad luck. The docts
apologize a, aud after that kept on n
other side Of the table. This collisio
intensified the feeling, and | often %
Their exchange bitter elancea. We vel
fearful ~ times that they might oou
10 blowa Altar that the broker had
great run Of good lusk. aud, ~ the gan
vas heavy Que. be ven several tho
uand dollars. vas up late on she niel
before ve reached Liverpool, and, Viii
atfolllng alanR The deck, found the do
tor and the broker engaged Ia q clio
oeuveFaation IL Q dark corner. TIL
separated hastily whoa they saw lhi
we're observed. This started g suspicig
IN my mind. and when three days lail
saw them eating dinner together IN
chop house IN London the whole thu
was plain. They had bees working /
eethef, and BY system Of signals b
won the money Of other players"
On several occasions a loud quito
has been raised about gambling ON "
sela. In 1880 passenger Who had 10
large amount caused the arrest Of h
gambler when the veassl arrived In a
city. he vas taken 10 the JelfeFss
Malket Police Court, and, after refun
Ina the meney, was discharged. The
hAvs been stories Of e20. 900 and $50, o
lost by men on single trip, but the
are probably exageeFationa
Mr.. veFnon n. Brown. the agent
The Cunard Line. vas asked last eve
Ina whasheF anything was done 10 "a
press gambling on vessels Of she In
nc eAtos
There IL no law, English or Ame
can, which would enable Ne 30 stop
and do not know that We care 10
%. fhere IL ne reason why We ahou
uuppFesa card playing for money aimg
because sone persons act vsoRRful
Il 10 The main amusement Of che M
on . voyage, and II We sheuld aupprS
u The llne would loss q great part OF
custom. There n no oompulsion abo
playing. and " q man IL fool enough
gamble and lose his money be has on
himself - blame. The captain has
right 10 interfere unless complaint
made BY NE passengers, and then
will take actt0n 1T anoe. We have b
several eases where the captain
terfered and Suppressed all card playir
aa u vas believed there we're shaFps
on board. when the latter are kno'
they are excluded from the card roo
Downright gsmslinQ. or lave
games would net Be permitted for
moment II known. On ons OF his trl
last fall Captain MeMieken Of The U
eria YES told that = aWeatboaFd vas
uae In The smoking rUom. He al on
eorhscaaad the board aud excluded I
owners frou all games. He IL one
The Oldest and most populaF Captains
The lice and h man Of strong mol
and religious feelings. II is impFohal
that he wonld allow any such perfar
ances - the cable Dispatch indicaa
Before starting on this last trip be y
presented With paFse Of tsseo hy
fFienda.
There 10 gambling on every ooe
steamer, and no one has found Any "
30 stop u. Thoaa who complain o.
ina awindled are generally ~ bad as |
gwtndiefs. They play 10 win, and I
when some cue praxes clevarer q
themselves. II men will be feels a
must expeee ~ be ilaacna, :"
Gambling h heAviesi on tha outws
trips. ~ the AweFtean passengers
then the bess provided With mon
They have little left on the retatn tri
-0AmbleFa have worked ahe 90
steamers for years" Lawyer Ahe Hu
mel said. ~rhey generally have a q
fedeFste whom they psetsnd nos
know. They are very EXPERT 81 ata
ina the earda and can deal Whai kAl
they please. TrumAn. who Vas atAhl
By ORrien, and whe nov goea by
name 81 Tremaine IN London. won
hts usney % the steamships. Or
ford and Levin were also veil kne
men IN that line. The latter il saisi
have cheated twn well knoun New No
ers out % large samA Thsre h q er
deal Of u which i never heard 81. a.